Overview

This project will be based on:

• Spring 3.0.0 – REST annotations and component wiring
• Neo4j – graph database
• Jackson – JSON serialization
• Restlet – API framework
• MyBatis – DB mapping integration

The intent is to create a connection based application that is accessible via REST calls. It would be used by a UI, with some experiments being angularjs for the UI.

Goals

The goals of the initial version is to:

• create users
• register users
• add users to groups
• add friends to users
• send invites to users – allowing registration
• integration with third-party social apis

Building and Running

Requires JDK 1.7.X.

Build uses gradle, build by:

• gradle war

Setup eclipse with:

• gradle eclipse

You can run with the following:

• gradle jettyRun
• go to social graph in browser http://localhost:8080/socialgraph/

TODO

• Update to use mysql and postgres
• Make it all rest with just widget like ui for the interaction
• Add interactions:
  • Registration
  • Login – https://code.google.com/p/socialauth/wiki/GettingStarted
  • Login via Google
  • Login via Facebook
  • Login via Yahoo – http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/
  • Add Connection / Invite
  • List Connections
  • Create Group
  • Manage users in a group

Resources

• Ian Robinson’s graphs and neo4j http://iansrobinson.com/

License

Project is licensed under the Apache 2 License